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Jubilee
Sunday, June 26, 2022
3 pm, Montclair Art Museum

A celebration of African–American music

African Dance and Drum ensemble from Montclair State University will begin the program. The program will include singing, dancing, poetry with audience participation. 
 
The highlight of the afternoon will be a performance by recorder soloist Emily O’Brien, a professional from Boston who will perform “Oracle,"  a composition by award-winning contemporary African–American composer Melika Fitzhugh. 
 
Montclair Early Music’s ensemble will play rarely performed music by African–American composers, including William Grant Still, Julia Niebergall, and Nathaniel Dett. 

JazzHouse Kids will perform Jazz standards accompanied by Lindy Hop dancers by Nisreen Almazouni and Jim Geyer. School of Rock will perform music of the present day. 

“We are honored to have Rev. Jessie Branson of Union Baptist Church host the event,” says Julienne Pape, organizer of the event.  
 
Admission to the event includes admission to the museum’s current exhibit featuring Jerry Pinkney, one of America’s most renowned illustrators of children’s book that honor Black heritage.


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Due to COVID-19, this concert is being rescheduled to 2022.
​Date TBD.   


St Luke’s Episcopal Church 
73 S. Fullerton Ave., Montclair, NJ
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Join Montclair Early Music in our exploration of choral and instrumental music from the early Americas! 

Featuring:
Jim Millar, Choral Director; Sian Ricketts, Soprano; Jason Priset, Lute/Guitar


Early Americans enjoyed music in a variety of settings – they played consorts and tunes in their homes; sang hymns and polyphony in churches and cloisters; and enjoyed touring and homegrown theatrical productions and operas. 

As exhorted by the earliest American choral composer, William Billings, we will present a concert fit to vanquish the “Goddess of Discord,” featuring the works of Billings himself alongside other North American composers including John Knowles Paine, Francis Hopkinson, and Juan de Lienas, as well as American favorites Santiago de Murcia and Henry Purcell.

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